Not many times, 3 times... 3 times in 9 tries. His only truly good year occurred the same year Lowe had his only good year, and that team barely scraped in as it was.

The Oilers are now run by 3 people who have collectively managed to make the playoffs 4 times(3 times for lowe/mact/Howson jointly, 1 time for Howson with Columbus) since the year 2000 in managerial/coaching roles.

This is not a successful group on any level, anywhere.

I'm trying to look for the positives and be positive at the same time.

Let's give MacT the opportunity as he has been given and run with it before we hang him upside down with a pitch fork up his rear end... as hard as that is.

Just watched the press conference now. Pretty much in line of what I thought this morning, that Lowe is going all in with this move.

When Lowe responded to the reporter on the question about the old group who created the mess is now all back, that he had won 6 Cups and he knows winning, he just put himself in a vulnerable position. I like that because if this thing doesn't really work starting next year, it's all coming back on him.

I like that MacT said he's not patience, he's paid to make tough decisions and the organization is ready to take some risk. We'll just have to wait and see, but I do think he's going to be a more decisive GM than Tambellini with big moves. It's not a matter of if the big moves will come or not, it's only a matter of when they will come with MacT. So let's just hope MacT is really a smart GM for the sake of our team.

MacT has me convinced that he would trade our first rounder. Which is what needs to happen. If i see trades happening in the near future, i think our first rounder and Hemsky will be going the other way. Probably in separate trades. In a way im looking forward to this, because MacT knows he has to make a huge splash in the summer.

I'm trying to look for the positives and be positive at the same time.

Let's give MacT the opportunity as he has been given and run with it before we hang him upside down with a pitch fork up his rear end... as hard as that is.

Personally, I usually am pretty positive, but the Oilers organization let another glory day leftover fail his way up the ladder and directly into the seat running the organization. It's tough to watch the team you've supported for 25+ years operate like a shoddy Hollywood studio.

It's hard to be positive about any of this, for any reason, and all the benefit of doubt I have for Mact was used up during his first tenure..

He also didn't mention eberle (i think) i doubt he was hinting at anything with the names he was listing
That being said i expect something to happen this summer because of how MacT talked about bold moves, whether that means hemsky or gagner or anyone else i'm really not sure

And I would feel very confident saying there's zero chance of that happening. Lowe wants his power structure intact, with himself at the top and his trusted but subservient buddies below him. IIRC, you said Tambo would be fired and Lowe would become the new GM, not MacT. I said it would be MacT. I've been saying it would be MacT ever since they brought him into the organization again. That's not because I'm some great prognosticator either, it's because I know what's really motivating the people involved here. Winning is extremely important, but there's something else going on that's equally important. It's about Lowe maintaining his control while staying out of the limelight, letting others take the criticism for him. It's about him having subservient employees that won't ever question him. Burke or any other veteran GM would never agree to work on those terms, partly why Lowe didn't even bother to consider anyone else for the job.

He also didn't mention eberle (i think) i doubt he was hinting at anything with the names he was listing
That being said i expect something to happen this summer because of how MacT talked about bold moves, whether that means hemsky or gagner or anyone else i'm really not sure

he did say ebs, I see something here ... Mact has deserved a chance , everything he has said is great and I love it guys

And I would feel very confident saying there's zero chance of that happening. Lowe wants his power structure intact, with himself at the top and his trusted but subservient buddies below him. IIRC, you said Tambo would be fired and Lowe would become the new GM, not MacT. I said it would be MacT. I've been saying it would be MacT ever since they brought him into the organization again. That's not because I'm some great prognosticator either, it's because I know what's really motivating the people involved here. Winning is extremely important, but there's something else going on that's equally important. It's about Lowe maintaining his control while staying out of the limelight, letting others take the criticism for him. It's about him having subservient employees that won't ever question him. Burke or any other veteran GM would never agree to work on those terms, partly why Lowe didn't even bother to consider anyone else for the job.

MacT has me convinced that he would trade our first rounder. Which is what needs to happen. If i see trades happening in the near future, i think our first rounder and Hemsky will be going the other way. Probably in separate trades. In a way im looking forward to this, because MacT knows he has to make a huge splash in the summer.

Interesting to read the Lowe quote. Yea I'm done with the guy. I've supported him for years now. This was the final straw. The fact that he didn't even take the time of day to at least look at potential GM candidates tell me that this man is no longer qualified for this position.

If you did that in any organization the shareholders would of shown you the door immediately. Unfortunately in the sports world these guys can't be held as accountable as in the corporate world.

I said it then and i'll say it again. The day that one guy became an owner it spelled trouble. If that one guy is your buddy he's not going to fire you and the fans will pay the consequences.

- MacT was saying all the right things today. Words are just words, but if he actually sticks to them, I can handle him as GM.

- I like the fact MacT wasn't sugar coating today at the presser. The team sucks, there need to be changes made.

- I can't help but wonder if MacT brings his own coach in next season if we don't start off well. Maybe Krueger doesn't even make it to training camp next year? I think he does though.

- I'd still like to see the Oilers bring in an outsider to the fold. Fresh blood is never a bad thing, and Howsen doesn't count.

-Tambo had the benefit of coming in as GM knowing they'd be rebuilding and that he'd have a lot of wiggle room if the team didn't perform well. MacT doesn't have that, which hopefully will spur him to actually do something.

- Bottom line, it's refreshing to hear him talk frankly about this team's weaknesses. We haven't had that kind of candid talk for a long time.

So we get a coach we fired as a gm, hired by another gm who was fired, who hired the latest gm to be fired. And no one would hire the coach we fired and now hired to be our gm...? The idea when tambo was brought in was fresh blood....

None of these guys has succeeded. I am seriously without a clue as to what is going on now with this franchise.